Artists' Books

Joinville le Pont: Société B.G.B. 1979. First edition. 8vo,saddle-stapled wraps. Photographically illustrated artists' book featuring a series of four captioned photographs, each separated by a sheet of glassine. The artist's second book. Near fine with some toning to margins. More

Stuttgart: The Artist, 1977. 8vo, [24] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated in b/w. Artists' book addressing torture, sadism and violence, some of it re-documenting earlier work. Some light creasing and a touch of fading along spine. Very good. More

Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1982. First edition. 8vo, 422 pp, bound in brown buckram with the title stamped in black at the spine. Illustrated with b/w and color plates. Of a total edition of 740 copies, this is one of 240 numbered copies with a signed and dated photograph housed... More

np: [Privately Printed], nd [1968]. 12mo, unpaginated, saddle-stapled wraps. Offset printed in 3 colors. Artists' book by the influential concrete and visual poet - a visual critique of the political sign, the first in a series of political artists' books by Blaine which also include Je ne suis pas américain... More

Manchester, UK: Factory Records, 1988. First edition. Oblong 12mo. [31] leaves.Offset printed on thick card stock and bound with thick plastic screws. Catalog number: FAC 235. A flipbook consisting of drawings of William Wegman's Weimaraner Fay by the great Robert Breer, issued as a christmas gift and mailed to friends... More

Brooklyn, NY: 6 Decades, 2010. 8vo. 97 pp., perfect bound in wraps. Fine. Originally published in 1972 by the Nigel Greenwood Gallery, Book as Artwork 1960/1972 was the first catalogue devoted to the then new medium of the artist’s book and it remains a canonical reference (though one that, due... More

London: Crafts Council Gallery, 1986. 4to, 64 pp., saddle-stapled in thick card wraps with a photographic pastedown to front panel. Includes a bibliography. Some creasing to wraps resulting in a light vertical bend to first few pages, and a few spots of foxing to covers only, else very good. More

Köln: Walther König, 2002. First edition. 4to, 207 pp, wraps. Profusely illustrated in both color and b/w. A mammoth and indepth bibliography of the artists' books of Hanne Darboven, Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Hanne Darboven. Bucher 1966-2002" at the Westfälischen Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster in... More

Clichy Cedex, France: E. D. A. 1985. First edition. 8vo, unpaginated, glue bound in printed wraps. Xeroxed from cut-up collage and typescript. One of only 50 copies printed, the entire edition, of this beautiful hypergraphique novel. With a preface by Francois Poyet. OCLC locates only two holdings. Fine. More

Cullompton, Devon, UK: Beau Geste Press, 1973. First edition. Square 4to, [42] pp, offset printed with several found leaves bound in. Artists' book by Ehrenberg published under his Beau Geste imprint, consisting of documentations works and performances interspersed with found leaves bound in. Toning to found leaves, light bump to... More

Stockholm: Gebers Förlag, 1967. First edition. Small 4to, unpaginated. Bound in full black cloth titled in white at the spine. Photographically illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Text in Swedish. The rare first edition of this prescient and powerful photobook which explores the Lady of the Woods... More

np: Emigre Graphics, nd. 8vo, [32] pp, offset printed and saddle-stapled. Beautiful artist's book by Emigre Graphics, the back cover of which explains the process of its creation; the book was originally printed as a poster, but the press, dissatisfied with poster, cut it into panels and printed on the... More

np: The Artist, 1979. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled card wraps. With original price sticker from the MoMa gift shop affixed to cover. Artists' book by Kramer reproducing the FBI files documenting their surveillance and abuse of the actress Jean Seberg in retaliation for her financial donations to the Black Panther... More

New York: Enterprise Modern Services, 1969. First edition. Folio, tabloid format, offset printed with spot color. The debut issue of Kusama’s artists’ periodical, which combined open sexuality with political protest and fashion. This issue includes coverage of various happenings, such as the “Bust Out” in Central Park, the Nude Happening... More

Paris: Gallimard, 1975. 12mo, 226 pp, trade paperback. A strange and beautiful work of time travel, written by the noted sociologist, historian of the Paris Commune, and "prospectiviste" Decouflé. Written in 1975, the book envisages what the year 2000 would be like, 25 years in the past. The vision of... More

Kobenhaven: I Kommission Hos Forlaget Zac, 1980. First edition. 4to, 126 pp. [printed on rectos only], stab-stapled and tape bound at the spine as issued. Text in Danish. Rare artist book from the Danish Fluxus artist. Very good with some light foxing to covers and title page. More

Np: 1992. 9 x 12" sketchbook of Strathmore 60 lb archival acid free paper, ring bound, with one hundred sheets, 79 of which feature collages which are either glued or taped down with clear tape - a few using red tape. Inscribed in pencil at the first leaf, alongside the... More

[New York]: [Exit Art], 1990. First edition. 4to, 23 leaves printed on two colors on glossy card stock, housed in a printed folder, which is housed in a green printed cardstock folder with velcro enclosure. One of a limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is one of the... More

New York: Printed Matter, 1981. First edition. 4to, 155 pp, perfect bound in illustrated wraps. An early, mammoth catalog from the venerable institution and an invaluable reference. This year's catalog is illustrated with photographs of Jan and Dan Reeder and and their children on the front cover, and Johnny Holman's... More

Eckernförde: Nemo, 1987. First edition. 4to, unpaginated; printed wraps. One of a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered copies. In addition, this example is signed on the cover by the artist. A monumental artist's book, consisting of a five panel leporello foldout of thick card stock which features blindstamped... More

Eckernförde: Nemo, 1987. First edition. 4to, unpaginated; printed wraps. One of a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered copies.A monumental artist's book, consisting of a five panel leporello foldout of thick card stock which features blindstamped images of Manhattan buildings isolated down to the geometric form of the letter... More

Paris: Nouvelle Generation, 1962. First edition. First edition. 4to, eight leaves mimeographed on rectos only and stapled once in the upper left hand corner.The second issue, of only two published, of this review which was written and published by students, most of them still in their teens, with the aid... More